[X] Nomad diplomacy
[X] Patrol Rail Lines
[X] Promote the Arts
[X] Patrol the Forest x2
[X] Throw a party
[X] Study willpower
[X] Deactivate Nightmare Cube
After her little campaign to attract the entertainers and performers for her new, expanded entertainment districts last year, Ella figures that she should try to continue on with that sort of thing and help fund all the new start ups, give them a bit of a boost so that they can get on their feet and start drawing in the clientele. She figures that dumping some money into art grants and recognition awards and advertising should do that nicely. The only question you really have is how much she should invest.
Invest Economy Influence...
[] Minimum, 2 Economy
[] Minor, 6 Economy
[] Half, 10 Economy
[] Major, 14 Economy
[] All, 19 Economy
As you are going over with such things, you get an official request to meet with Samantha. Raising an eyebrow at that, you put her into your schedule as a meeting with the South Woods Company representative. A few days later she arrives at your office looking rather prim and proper and bearing an official looking file case. Gesturing for her to take a seat, she sits down and then says, "Thank you for granting the South Woods Company an audience so quickly, madam governor."
Nodding at the official title, Ella says, "It is always a pleasure to do business with the South Woods Company. I take it that you have some sort of request or business proposal to offer to the people of Razorleaf Meadows?"
Nodding, Samantha hands over the file case and says, "Given recent business transactions and the frequency of transit between your settlement and the rest of the Green Owl nation, and the potential for further interactions with other, outside groups for the purposes of tourism, the South Woods Company wishes to establish a supply depot and regular caravan visits. We believe that such an arrangement would be highly beneficial for all parties involved."
Opening up the file case and pulling out the information packages within, Ella says, "This is definitely interesting, but you do know that Razorleaf Meadows is currently running into something of a labour and housing shortage? I need to spend the next few years building up new apartments and drawing people in."
Samantha shrugged and said, "This is within our projections. While it would impact productivity until it could be fixed, we would be able to partially house our own staff on-site and in the caravans for a few years."
Ella could only hum a bit at that before she said, "I will have to take this up with my advisors, but on the surface I see little issue. We have plenty of space and as I understand it you would be primarily footing the bill."
"The South Woods Company will entirely foot the bill," Samantha stated.
After thought and consultation...
[] Yes (gain 1 Trading Post (SWC) and 1 Rail line caravan (SWC); construction completes at the end of Turn 5)
[] No (turn down the offer, you will remain in control here)
AN: Certain groups can construct buildings in your settlement. While this costs you nothing, and often the sponsor will have their own prereqs met that you do not, and can even go around limits imposed by population in some instances, you only get partial benefits, generally half of the primary output. If bringing in outside workers due to population limits, additional penalties are inflicted. In this specific instance you would gain +2 Economy while under your Hab limit, and +2 Economy and +1 Culture when over it
Once the rest of the meeting wound down, with discussion over various points that she would take to her people to check for legal and contractual issues making up the vast bulk of the time, Samantha's professional demeanour slipped and she let out a broad grin. "So rumour has it that after skipping last year you're going to be throwing a party again this year."
Ella nodded and said, "Yes, in part I am doing it to promote the new businesses, in part for my own diplomatic reasons. I need to mend fences, and I should have something prepared for when Armand Yars, President of Xychro, shows up."
Samantha nodded there and said, "Sensible idea. Part of this is going to be him visiting Auga to pay his sentiments to his family, part of it is going to be thanks for bribing us on their behalf last year, part will be to see if he wants to do more business with you after you were so reasonable last year."
"Any idea what he might enjoy? The public files are rather sparse since he didn't have anywhere near the profile that Messer did," Ella asked.
Samantha thought about it for a moment before she said, "He'll want something exotic. Now, what exactly that means is a bit tricky since that's exotic from his perspective, but what he will want to see is goods and culture on display that he might be able to bring back with him. You have a distinct advantage here in that you cater to the upper strata of Green Owl society that is often difficult for outsiders to penetrate. Something lavish or extravagant is likely to win him over... or I suppose something wilder where you show off a broad cross section of the entertainments available here might also work. I unfortunately don't know much more than that, I've never interacted with him personally, it's more an observation of how businessmen from Indigo Hammer tend to be."
Ella nodded at that. It made sense for the most part. Looking for advantages and the like.
Hmmm...
Indigo Hammer Knowledge (Int + Aca (soc)) 38 + 20 = 58
She would have to look things up later, but she couldn't really recall anything that stood out for Indigo Hammer. She supposed that the cybernetic technology they used might be of some degree of interest to the people of Indigo Hammer, although most of the better quality stuff wasn't just proprietary but under state control. Still, she would keep in mind that she wanted to display Green Owl technology and/or culture for the party.
Her party would be a...
[] Formal ball
[] Elegant masquerade
[] Semi-casual social
[] Relaxed gathering
[] Rowdy dance
[] Debauched rave
